About a third of Arkansas’ roughly 3-million acre soybean crop is still in danger from exposure to Asian soybean rust. According to Cliff Coker, an extension plant pathologist, when you spray a fungicide for rust, “you get the benefit of controlling other diseases.” (Source: Delta Farm Press, 9/12/07)
Double-crop beans still under threat from ASR
About a third of Arkansas’ roughly 3-million acre soybean crop is still in danger from exposure to Asian soybean rust. According to Cliff Coker, an extension plant pathologist, when you spray a fungicide for rust, “you get the benefit of controlling other diseases.” (Source: Delta Farm Press, 9/12/07)
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